Global Patent Index - EP 2687153 B1

EP 2687153 B1 20210310 - Received data processing apparatus of photoacoustic tomography

Title (en)

Received data processing apparatus of photoacoustic tomography

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung empfangener Daten photoakustische Tomographie

Title (fr)

Appareil de traitement de données reçues de tomographie photoacoustique

Publication

EP 2687153 B1 20210310 (EN)

Application

EP 13188221 A 20090903

Priority

  • JP 2008227091 A 20080904
  • EP 09788060 A 20090903
  • JP 2009065773 W 20090903

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010027095A1] There is provided a received data processing apparatus of photoacoustic tomography including a minimum constitution unit data composition unit that sequentially reads receiving digital signals from first storage units and composes minimum constitution unit data of the acoustic wave of the minimum constitution units by performing a delay-and-sum process; a second storage unit that stores the minimum constitution unit data of the entire region of the specimen; an image construction unit that constructs an image of the specimen based on the minimum constitution unit data stored in the second storage unit; and a control unit that sequentially stores the minimum constitution unit data calculated by the minimum constitution unit data composition unit in the second storage unit and reads the stored minimum constitution unit data of the entire region of the specimen to transmit the minimum constitution unit data to the image construction unit.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 5/0073 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01 - US); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01 - US); A61B 8/13 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 8/483 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (examination)

BITTON R ET AL: "1E-1 Photoacoustic Microscopy with a 30MHz Array and Receive System", ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM, 2006. IEEE, IEEE, PI, 1 October 2006 (2006-10-01), pages 389 - 392, XP031076314, ISBN: 978-1-4244-0201-4, DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.110

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010027095 A1 20100311; CN 102137619 A 20110727; CN 102137619 B 20140305; CN 103705221 A 20140409; CN 103705221 B 20160504; EP 2334224 A1 20110622; EP 2334224 B1 20171129; EP 2687153 A2 20140122; EP 2687153 A3 20150107; EP 2687153 B1 20210310; JP 2010057730 A 20100318; JP 5419404 B2 20140219; US 2011128816 A1 20110602; US 2016174850 A1 20160623; US 9247923 B2 20160202

DOCDB simple family (application)

JP 2009065773 W 20090903; CN 200980133737 A 20090903; CN 201410002159 A 20090903; EP 09788060 A 20090903; EP 13188221 A 20090903; JP 2008227091 A 20080904; US 200913055632 A 20090903; US 201514974601 A 20151218